On a May night last year, Snitch gathered his surveillance1 team in a wild corner of South Africa. They waited until well after sunset before stealthily beginning their mission. Using a catapult2 powered by a bungee cord, the experts launched a small airplane over the deep and dark landscape, thick with acacia trees sporting 5-centimeter (2-inch) thorns.
Their robotic aircraft — or drone — is about as long as a bicycle and sports a 2.4-meter (8-foot) wingspan. In recent years, scientists have begun putting drones in the air to do many kinds of groundbreaking research. Drones carry no pilot, passengers or crew. They are often small and light. Some fly like an airplane, others like a helicopter or a blimp. Drones may fly autonomously (along a preprogrammed path) or under the control of a pilot on the ground.
That night in South Africa, Snitch and his team flew their drone by remote control over Kruger National Park. High in the sky, and under the cover of darkness, the Terrapin 1 flew undetected over the landscape. Though unseen, it could see perfectly. The experts scanned the ground using a special camera attached to their drone. This camera was designed to see anything that gives off heat, including elephants, rhinos — and people
The figurative language is “like a ball”. It’s an simile since he’s comparing the fall to a rolling ball. Well he’s comparing the way he fell like an ball rolling down the stairs.
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What is like majoring in public health? Are you constantly learning new things or do you take care of people 24/7?
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<em>Parents.</em>
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Seat belts provide the best protection for passengers in a car. This advertisement emphasizes their importance encouraging drivers (in most cases parents) to always check if their children fastened up seat belts. Kids usually ignore their parents` advice finding it boring, so it should be parents` obligation to insist on buckling up before they start the car in order to increase their safety.